Senior Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Sajjan Singh Verma has courted an issue after he mentioned that, like Bangladesh, individuals in India will in the future storm Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home.
The Congress chief had made the remarks when hundreds of protesters in Bangladesh vandalised Sheikh Hasina’s official residence within the capital metropolis of Dhaka on Monday, simply hours after she resigned as prime minister and fled to India.
Addressing Congress staff throughout a protest in opposition to alleged scams within the Indore Municipal Company (IMC), Verma mentioned that TV channels have been reporting that the individuals of Bangladesh entered the prime minister’s official residence throughout the civil unrest within the neighbouring nation due to the improper insurance policies of Sheikh Hasina and her authorities.
“Bear in mind Narendra Modi ji, in the future, individuals will enter the prime minister’s residence due to your improper insurance policies and can occupy it (PM home). It occurred lately in Sri Lanka (in 2022), the place individuals entered the Prime Minister’s (President’s) home, after which in Bangladesh and now it’s India’s flip,” the previous state minister mentioned, based on PTI.
Verma’s feedback angered the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), which demanded the registration of a case in opposition to the Congress chief for his “anti-national” language.
BJYM Indore metropolis president Saugat Mishra, who submitted a illustration to officers on the MG Street police station, mentioned that Verma has damage the feelings of 140 crore Indians.
He claimed that Congress leaders have been attempting to remain within the headlines by making such feedback.
Extra DCP (Zone-3) Ramsanehi Mishra confirmed {that a} grievance has been acquired in opposition to the Congress chief and it is going to be seemed into, based on PTI. Video footage of the assertion shall be screened and authorized opinion taken earlier than initiating additional motion within the matter, the officer added.
Row over Congress chief’s remarks
The remarks by the Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Sajjan Singh Verma come on a day when an identical assertion from one other social gathering chief, Salman Khurshid, courted an issue.
Khurshid, a former Union minister, on Tuesday mentioned that what is going on in neighbouring Bangladesh can happen in India too.
Talking on the launch of academician Mujibur Rehman’s e-book Shikwa-e-Hind: The Political Way forward for Indian Muslims, Khurshid mentioned, “Every thing might look regular in Kashmir. Every thing might look regular right here. We could also be celebrating the victory, though in fact, some individuals consider that that victory or that success of 2024 was maybe solely marginal, maybe much more must be completed.”
“The very fact stays that beneath the floor there’s something,” he mentioned.
“What’s taking place in Bangladesh can occur right here… the unfold in our nation prevents issues blowing up within the method during which they’ve blown up in Bangladesh,” he added.
BJP leaders slammed the Congress social gathering and Khurshid for his remarks, dubbing him an “anarchist” chief.